Lab Fun

Here is a random collection of fun activities.

  • Camille, Helena, Megan, and Julia at GCREW
Summer 2021 Marsh Experiment at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center led by Helena Kleiner with help from Camille Patton, Julia Jones, and Megan Vahsen
  • What a bearing tree marking looked like from 1837
  • Bearing trees are still used in 2010. This one was found on a hike in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in 2021
Bearing Trees. Left pic: At a Grand Rapids Public Museum exhibit, Jody’s family found a slab cut from a fallen hemlock tree in Tyrone Township, MI showing how the tree was blazed and marked with a special cutting iron to show the tree marked Section 2, Town 10 North, Range 12 West in Michigan. Bearing tree Jody’s family found on a hike.
Ian Shuman studied abroad in Denmark in 2021. The top three pics are from his time in Norway and the bottom two are from a trip to the Faroe Islands. The lab has enjoyed living vicariously through Ian 🙂